The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A sharp increase in building permit approvals for second homes in Victoria's coastal towns are raising questions about appropriate forms of development and the adequacy of local planning.

January 14 - The Age, Australia

Housing developers cannot afford to pay land costs and as such, parking lots have kept Cleveland from transforming its downtown into a showcase for the remade city it yearns to become.

January 14 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

St. Louis' older suburbs are copying traditional city neighborhoods in an effort to attract residents.

January 14 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tired of trying to get the approval of a city? Go directly to the voters instead.

January 14 - The Chicago Tribune

Supreme Court case has implications for biggest US environmental restoration project.

January 14 - The Christian Science Monitor

A plan to develop a windmill farm on the Niagara Escarpment provokes controversy and intergovernmental infighting.

January 14 - The Toronto Star

Wal-Mart is attempting to use the California intiative process to bypass planning regulations in Inglewood, CA.

January 14 - The Chicago Tribune

The link between transportation and land development potential has long been recognized, but the treatment of land use and site design options as transportation strategies is a key element of smart growth.

January 13 - Transit Cooperative Research Program

A UCLA team has developed a methodology to predict earthquakes. The last two predictions have been correct.

January 13 - University Of California

Planners consider flexible zoning in North Smithfield, RI.

January 13 - Woonsocket Call

Efforts to create new civic identities -- new logos and slogans -- are often highly controversial.

January 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Neal Peirce utilizes the arrival of Wal-mart in Plymouth, NH to illustrate how independent retailers and 'main streets' survive in the face of big-box retailing.

January 13 - National League Of Cities

A Southern California family tries to make due with one car and public transit. It's a love-hate relationship.

January 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Transcript of an online chat about a Washington Post article on the dangers of walking in the suburbs

January 13 - The Washington Post

Should San Francisco bend the city's height limit rules for a worthwhile project? If you're going to meddle in planning, writes columnist John King, meddle well.

January 13 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Two new reports co-authored by the Brookings Institution argue that different housing policies could have positive effects for entire metropolitan regions.

January 13 - The Baltimore Sun

A new program in an old Maryland neighborhood could spark an historic resurrection.

January 13 - The Baltimore Sun

Telework centre offers best of the office and home while shortening commute times and feelings of isolation

January 13 - The Toronto Star

Tacoma is America's most stressful large metro area, according to the company that provides Money magazine's annual 'best places' rankings.

January 12 - Sperling's Best Places Guides

A national demographics firm has determined that New York State's Capital Region is the least stressful large metropolitan area in the U.S.

January 12 - Times Union